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"If we're going anywhere, we're going down the aisle, because I'm too tired, too sick, and too sore to do any other damn thing."
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"If we're going anywhere, we're going down the aisle, because I'm too tired, too sick, and too sore to do any other damn thing."
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Stronger Than Ever
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"He always seemed so grateful for living."
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"He always seemed so grateful for living."
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Joy on Saint James Pl.
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“A man of the ages is not someone who is called daddy.”
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The StoryCorps Podcast Returns

The StoryCorps podcast is back. Catch up on past episodes, and discover new ones every Tuesday.

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The First, But Not The Last
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The First, But Not The Last
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A Little Piece Of Mommy On Earth
15:26

A Little Piece Of Mommy On Earth
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The Echoes of Gunfire
21:46

The Echoes of Gunfire
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Willie, Shig, and a Bird Named Maggie
15:41

Willie, Shig, and a Bird Named Maggie

Get to Know StoryCorps

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An Introduction to StoryCorps from our Founder
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Stories to Lift Your Spirit

Friendships of All Shapes and Sizes

Listen to touching conversations between cherished friends from our new story collection.

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Clean Streets

Clean Streets

Sanitation workers Angelo Bruno and Eddie Nieves worked together for nearly ten years on the same garbage route in Manhattan's West Village and became fixtures in the community.
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"I think I survived it by always having hope."
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"I think I survived it by always having hope."

A social worker who now helps others who are making the transition from prison talks with his mentor about their first meeting inside Sing Sing prison.
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"There’s a huge well of grief there but you gotta show up."
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"There’s a huge well of grief there but you gotta show up."

Best friends Jamie Olivieri and Yennie Neal-Achigbu talk about being beside each other through the highs and lows of life, and how they’ve learned to find reasons to celebrate even in the hard times.
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“Oh God, here’s a newsy neighbor.”
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“Oh God, here’s a newsy neighbor.”

Julaina Glass and Beau McCall met as neighbors in a Harlem, NY brownstone. They came to StoryCorps nearly 35 years later to remember—and laugh about—how they moved from neighbors to beloved friends.